THE BEST Gluten Free Cinnamon Rolls Ever!

Believe me when I say I have spent YEARS trying to come up with something gluten free that even remotely looked like a real cinnamon roll.  All my attempts were dismal failures.  Just last month I was introduced to this recipe.  I thought I could make it into a cinnamon roll cake or something.  Imagine my SHOCK when I actually got this:

Actual dough that I could roll out and turn into a cinnamon roll!?!?  I was so excited!

It was so yummy! I'm still in shock!

I followed this recipe from Our Best Bites.  Pictured is the Orange Rolls.

Here is what I did to make them Gluten Free:

The only change I made to the actual recipe is the flour.  I substituted the flour with a gluten free rice flour mix.  Otherwise I did as I was told!  Then to roll them out I put the dough on a silpat baking mat and flattened it out with my hands.  I then placed a sheet of plastic wrap on top and used my rolling pin to roll it out to the size of the silpat mat.  Top as desired.  Gently and very carefully use the silpat to help roll the dough up starting from one of the short sides.  Your patience with this will definitely be rewarded!  Cut into 8 rolls and bake as directed.

I've made these a ton and every time I am not disappointed!  YUM!

Texas Humor

Not being a Texas native, I find it very funny how Texans react to the weather. And more in particular, how the country thinks we react to weather.  I have seen a few graphics floating through Facebook recently depicting these Texas nuances, and I have to admit I find them rather hilarious!  

Here are a few of my favorites:

And this is probably my favorite:  "HOW DO YOU PEOPLE LIVE LIKE THIS??"

and "IT'S 38*! SHUT EVERYTHING DOWN WE'RE GOING TO DIE!!"

 

CTR Cake

I get asked to make cakes for people more and more.  I really like making them.  For this one I got to do whatever I wanted.  I decided I wanted to try the petal look.  It was really easy, and turned out great!  I YouTubed an instructional video and got to work.

Everyone loved it, especially the person it was for.  Yay!

Family Birthdays

This Family Birthday sign has been on my do to list for quite some time now.  We were finally able to make one a few months ago.  I love how it turned out!  

My husband cut the big board out for me.  We bought all the little circles at the hobby store and then had to drill a million little holes in them.  But I'm glad there is an easy way to add more names as the family grows.  Each family has it's own color so it's easy to tell who belongs to who.  

Just about everyone who comes over to my house asks me to make one for them.  Hmmm... maybe we should go into business or something?  :)